2 iPhones, 2 iPads, 3 laptops and a desktop with a variety of OS's and the search on all of them seem to work fine.

I used several versions of IE (although I havent loaded IE10 yet) as well a Firefox without a problem.

Could it possibly be an ISP issue?

If we can talk thru it step by step over the phone or even with facetime so you can see what I am doing, maybe we can figure it out.

The really strange part is is sounds like your fairly well versed in technology and more so than most chipboard users or even myself. Thats why I don't understand what the problem could be.

I do know I have had trouble searching when I am deep into another search so maybe try it from a fresh home page?

Hopefully I can help talk you thru it and we can figure out the issue.

Doug